With soaring energy costs and a hot summer just beginning, homeowners are looking for any way to keep the months ahead cool. One option that many do not consider is “cool,” metal roofing. Cool, metal roofing is eco-friendly, sustainable, and can save you twenty percent or more on your energy bill.
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Eco-Friendly Metal Roofing Cools Down the Summer Heat
New green construction technologies being tested in New Orleans as the city rebuilds
As New Orleans continues to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina many home owners are turning towards building green homes.
How I cut my energy usage 50%
I cut my energy bill in half since I bought my house 10 years ago. The first year I lived there my energy bill was over $1400 per year for my all electric house. I got it down to about $700 two years ago before the price of electricity jumped 20% in January of 2007.
I am constantly looking for new ideas to cut energy costs. Here is a list of the methods I have used to achieve this. Everything I have done so far has been simple and low cost solutions that I could do myself.

A Green Building Project
A green building project in Austin Texas viewed in relation to the requirements of Austin's Green Building Program. Â

A truly Green MLS has approached a milestone.
Listed Green, a progressive unique internet platform exclusively for green, energy efficient, sustainable homes and developments for sale worldwide, has reached a milestone of over a hundred listings........
They are also proudly hosted with 100% Solar Power.
Green Homes are in high demand - but green builders are hard to find
Houses that are energy efficient and environmentally sound are selling well, even in the current market downturn. The Sustainable House being built by Live Green Live Smart in Minnesota with the help of SKD Architects is testing the ease of installation and operation of alternative systems in the remodeled 1948 rambler it is rehabbing to LEDD Platinum standards in chilly Minnesota. Estimated to use no more than $2.50 worth of utilities (at current prices) every day, the House's builders offer you this list of systems and techniques for building your own more sustainable home.